2 Castle Street, Aberystwyth, SY23 1DT
About 2 Castle Street
2 Castle Street is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Aberystwyth (SY23 1DT). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.
Held since September 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 112 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2003–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £240,000 is 36.4% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£146/sq ft) was about 25.5% below the postcode norm.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
Energy performance
2 Castle Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
2 Castle Street has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
2 Castle Street has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2003.
£240,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 12.4% per year over 8 years.
£176,000
Growth on file: 12.4% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
2 September 2010Most recent
£176,000
-7.3%over 5 years7 August 2005
£189,950
+161.6%over 2 years7 February 2003
£72,600
Median price across the last 3 sales in SY23 1DT: £230,000 (2024–2004).
Everything we know about 2 Castle Street, in one report
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Versus other Castle Street homes
Price per m² for 2 Castle Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,571
Street avg £2,250
Floor Area
112 m²
Street avg 100 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.9 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Pier Street — bus stop.
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